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A Fresh Idea in Housing

Home 2000 showcases some of the most innovative yet practical ideas in housing today. Ideas that meet your need for an affordable, comfortable, high quality home. Design that accommodates your current lifestyle and anticipates your future housing needs, so that you never have to move.

Using FlexHousing and Healthy Housing concepts, Home 2000 shows you how to create a home in which you can be comfortable for life . The two-story plus attic, 2,000 square foot. house was constructed by Britco Structures Ltd. at their indoor building site in just over a month. It was built in six discrete modules that were then interconnected at the construction site (BC PLACE STADIUM.for the home show, then dismantled and re-assembled at it's permanent home)

The home is designed to fit a typical urban lot that is 33 ft. by 122 ft. with rear lane access. It has two main living floors, a convertible attic space and an optional basement . Does this sound like a typical design? It's not really !

Depending on your needs, Home 2000 can convert from a four-bedroom, single family home to a code-compliant duplex.   The creative ideas in Home 2000 were the result of a team effort by the Greater Vancouver Home Builders' Association, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, British Columbia Institute of Technology,  Forest Renewal BC, Canadian Ply wood Association, UBC School of Architecture, The Home Depot and a host of other product and service providers.  (See Partners link for details...)

When the BC  Home Show ends,
Home 2000 will be relocated to BCIT
where it will be open to the public for tours at designated times.

A Home for Life

Home 2000 addresses key housing issues facing today's homeowners: families in flux, concerns about personal health, the environment, durability and affordability.

In response to these needs, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) developed the FlexHousing and Healthy Housing concepts used in Home 2000's design.   It's an affordable, durable, healthy and environmentally conscious home that is designed to change easily as the lifestyle of its occupants change.

Using off-the-shelf technology, a flexible design, and health-conscious, high quality building practices, Home 2000 shows you how to create a home in which you can be comfortable for life.

FlexHousing:  Adapts to Your Needs

If you never want to move again, FlexHousing design is for you.  It's a new and innovative approach to housing design developed by CMHC.

FlexHousing responds to the needs of today's families, which contract and expand as single-parent households become blended families, adult children leave home, and aging parents move in with the younger generation.

It's design that supports independent living for senior citizens and people with disabilities. It's design for life. The key to flexible housing design is to think about what your long-term requirements may be before you build or renovate, and to then build in the necessary features during construction. As your lifestyle changes,  your home can then be easily and inexpensively adapted to suit your needs.  Adding the right features now can save you time and money later, and help you avoid the heartache and inconvenience of leaving a neighbourhood you've come to know and love.

For example, in Home 2000,  space was effectively pre-planned so that a large, single bedroom could become two rooms. Wide doorways and hallways make it easy to move furniture in and out, give the home an open, airy feel, and make it possible for a wheelchair to maneuver should a family member ever need one.

In the kitchen, a simple upgrade to the sink counter ensures that it can be used safely and comfortably by anyone - short or tall. One of the home's most exciting FlexHousing features is its floor plan – it can convert from a four- bedroom, single family home to a code-compliant duplex with two bedrooms per unit. Creative pre-planning of the mechanical and electrical systems means that the air supplies to each duplex suite are separate–odours and fires can't travel. It also means that the suites are relatively soundproof. The house is designed to follow a family throughout its entire lifecycle. Young homeowners can rent out one suite as a mortgage helper, then reclaim the house as their family grows . When adult children head to university, they can offer them the suite, and later still, can use it to supplement their retirement income. With FlexHousing there are as many possibilities as there are living arrangements.